Montana Wins Again, 3-1

Here I am, in Billings MT, relaxing in front of  the televised version of the Little League World Series late on a lazy Sunday afternoon, watching our kids in Williamsport PA beat the kids from LaFayette Louisiana.

The Big Sky All-Stars were being interviewed by Orel Hershiser, and all were relaxed as usual. I don’t think I have ever seen kids at this age showing this surprising degree of poise under pressure, on the field and off.

Ben Askelson whacked a two run double and Zimmer pitched 5 outstanding innings. The big guy from 3rd base, Sean Jones, was very cool as the boys from LaFayette started to chip away in the bottom of the 6th. What a guy to have as your closer. Quick thinking by Zimmer, now playing 3rd base in the 6th inning and a base-running error by the Louisianan on 2nd base got the final out.

The little guy out in right field, Kieckbusch, thought he should have had the ball hit over his head to start the 6th inning: well my friend, lots of guys a lot older than you are would have missed that one too. I’ll bet you get the next one. Next game is Wednesday, which seems like a long time to wait, doesn’t it?

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